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Norm Derringer

Norm Derringer

American softball player and manager

Norman "Nummy" W. Dieringer, surname more commonly spelled Derringer (February 4, 1914 – October 5, 1997), was a softball player and a baseball manager.[1]

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Career

Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Derringer played on ten state championship softball teams from 1934 through 1946. A seven-time All-Star shortstop between 1934 and 1942, he was named Most Valuable Player in the 1934 ASA National Tournament while playing for the Ke-Nash-A's team.[2]

As a member of Racine, Derringer helped his team to clinch the 1948 championship title of the National Fast Pitch League. He also was chosen All-Star shortstop of the league in 1948 and 1949.[2]

Derringer joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950, scouting for the league and managing the Racine Belles in their final year of existence.[3][4]

Legacy

In 1986, Derringer was inducted in the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame. He is also part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. This exhibition was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire AAGPBL rather than individual baseball personalities.[2][3]

See also

Sources

  1. [1]
    Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
  2. [2]
    "History of the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History".
  4. [4]
    1950 Racine Belles

 
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